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Community members and local leaders gathered on Terry Schrunk Plaza this summer to rally and celebrate the Supreme Court decision concerning the Defense of Marriage Act. The event was hosted by Oregon United for Marriage, which is hoping to overturn Oregon's statewide ban on same-sex marriage.
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Two Portland couples filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal district court in Eugene seeking to overturn Oregon’s ban on same-sex marriage.

The suit charges the statewide ban violates their rights to due process and equal protection.

Voters approved Ballot Measure 36 in November 2004, which barred the state from recognizing same-sex marriage after Multnomah County began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples earlier that year.

Now, proponents of same-sex marriage are seeking to overturn the ban with their own initiative, which they hope to place on the November 2014 ballot.

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